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radical self love

I don’t often write these sorts of numbered lists, but today I’m thinking about why it matters that survivors of sexual violence reclaim their bodies, reclaim their desire, reinstate their sovereignty over their skin and hungers, taking all of it, every fiber, every nerve response, every singe of shame, every …

Do you remember the first lessons you ever got about touching your body, about masturbation, about self-pleasure? Did you learn on your own? Did friends or siblings teach you, directly or inadvertently? Did you learn from reading or movies or tv? Did your family have lessons or messages about self-pleasure? …

Today’s the last day of National Masturbation Month — how have these thirty-one days of radical self love treated you? Have you come every day, or loved on yourself most days, or thought more frequently about how your body likes to be tended to? How have you marked National Masturbation …

Reclaiming a radical self love

coming home is a blatant celebration of the power of masturbation, particularly for survivors of sexual violence. I welcome your thoughts and experiences!
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